ISO 11452-3:2016

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 11452-3
Third edition
2016-09-01
Road vehicles — Component test
methods for electrical disturbances
from narrowband radiated
electromagnetic energy —
Part 3:
Transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell
Véhicules routiers — Méthodes d’essai d’un équipement soumis
à des perturbations électriques par rayonnement d’énergie
électromagnétique en bande étroite —
Partie 3: Cellule électromagnétique transverse (TEM)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Test conditions . 1
5 Test apparatus . 2
5.1 TEM cell . 2
5.2 Instrumentation . 3
5.3 Test set-up . 3
5.3.1 General. 3
5.3.2 Exposure of device under test and wiring harness (for major field
coupling to the harness) . 4
5.3.3 Exposure of device under test alone (for major field coupling to that device) . 6
6 Test procedure . 7
6.1 Test plan . 7
6.2 Test method . 7
6.2.1 General. 7
6.2.2 Test level setting . 7
6.2.3 DUT test . 8
6.3 Test report . 8
Annex A (informative) TEM cell dimensions .10
Annex B (informative) Calculations and measurements of TEM-cell frequency range .12
Annex C (informative) Installation of external components and low pass filter design .14
Annex D (informative) Test setup without low pass filters .17
Annex E (informative) Function performance status classification (FPSC) and test
severity levels .20
Bibliography .21
Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 22, Road vehicles, Subcommittee SC 32, Electrical
and electronic components and general system aspects.
This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition (ISO 11452-3:2001), which has been
technically revised with the following changes:
— the use of forward power as the levelling parameter to make it consistent with the other ISO 11452
standards has been implemented;
— Annex D for testing of devices without using low pass filters has been included.
A list of all parts in the ISO 11452 series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
Immunity measurements of complete road vehicles are generally able to be carried out only by the
vehicle manufacturer, owing to, for example, high costs of absorber-lined shielded enclosures, the desire
to preserve the secrecy of prototypes or a large number of different vehicle models.
For research, development and quality control, a laboratory measuring method can be used by both
vehicle manufacturers and equipment suppliers to test electronic components.
The TEM cell method has the major advantage of not radiating energy into the surrounding environment.
The method can be used for testing either the immunity of a component with the field coupling to the
wiring harness or the immunity of the component alone with minimum exposure to the wiring harness.
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 11452-3:2016(E)
Road vehicles — Component test methods for electrical
disturbances from narrowband radiated electromagnetic
energy —
Part 3:
Transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell
1 Scope
This document specifies transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell tests for determining the immunity
of electronic components of passenger cars and commercial vehicles to electrical disturbances from
narrowband radiated electromagnetic energy, regardless of the vehicle propulsion system (e.g. spark-
ignition engine, diesel engine, electric motor).
The electromagnetic disturbances considered are limited to continuous narrowband
electromagnetic fields.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 11452-1, Road vehicles — Component test methods for electrical disturbances from narrowband
radiated electromagnetic energy — Part 1: General principles and terminology
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 11452-1 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— IEC Electropedia: available at http://www.electropedia.org/
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp
4 Test conditions
The upper frequency range limit of the TEM cell is a direct function of the TEM cell dimensions.
For testing automotive electronic systems, a 0,01 MHz to 200 MHz TEM cell should be used. See Annex A
for suggested cell dimensions.
The user shall specify the test severity level or levels over the frequency range. See Annex E for
suggested test severity levels.
Standard test conditions shall be those given in ISO 11452-1 for the following:
— test temperature;
— supply voltage;
— modulation;
— dwell time;
— frequency step sizes;
— definition of test severity levels;
— test-signal quality.
5 Test apparatus
5.1 TEM cell
The TEM cell used for this test is a rectangular coaxial line with a 50 Ω characteristic impedance (see
Figure 1). The device under test is exposed to a uniform TEM field.
The TEM cell is a laboratory measurement system which can be used to generate test fields within 2 dB
of the theoretical value if the device under test does not occupy an excessive portion of the test volume
(see 5.3).
Key
1 outer conductor (shield)
2 septum (inner conductor)
3 access door
4 connector panel (optional)
5 coaxial connectors
6 dielectric support (relative permittivity ε ≤ 1,4)
r
7 device under test
8 input/output leads
Figure 1 — TEM cell
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5.2 Instrumentation
Figure 2 shows an example of a TEM cell test set-up. The TEM cell has high resonances in the region
greater than the recommended upper frequency limit.
A low pass filter with an attenuation of at least 60 dB at frequencies above 1,5 times the cut-off frequency
of the TEM cell may be installed (e.g. 200 MHz TEM cell: 60 dB for frequencies above 300 MHz) to avoid
resonances.
Key
1 signal generator 9 low pass filters/connector panel
2 broadband amplifier 10 coupler
3 low pass filter (optional) 11 high power load (50 Ω)
4 dual-directional coupler (30 dB decoupling ratio 12 controller
minimum) 13 TEM cell
a
5 RF-power meter P (forward power)
forward
b
6 peripheral P (reflected power)
reflected
c
7 device under test P (output power)
output
8 dielectric support
Figure 2 — Example TEM cell configuration
5.3 Test set-up
5.3.1 General
In order to maintain the homogeneous field in the TEM cell and obtain reproducible measurement
results, the device under test shall be no larger than one-sixth of the cell (inside) height, b (see Figure 3
and Figure A.1). The device under test should be placed in the centre of the cell on a dielectric equipment
support.
The device under test and the wiring harness may be positioned in either of two arrangements,
depending on whether the exposure of the device under test and the wiring harness (see 5.3.2) or that
of the device alone (see 5.3.3) is being tested.
An alternative test set-up without low pass filter is presented in Annex D.
5.3.2 Exposure of device under test and wiring harness (for major field coupling to the
harness)
The height of the dielectric support is one-sixth of cell height
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